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- From: lazlo@triton.unm.edu (Lazlo Nibble)
- Newsgroups: misc.consumers
- Subject: Re: PEPSI CLEAR & TAB CLEAR
- Date: 24 Jan 1993 06:04:25 GMT
- Organization: Mr. Lazlo's Temple Of The Mighty Rude-Boy Skank
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- darren@zikzak.apana.org.au (Darren Brett Gower) writes:
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- > I was of the opinion that the coloring in these drinks was a separate
- > ingredient to the *flavorings* - ie, I thought the color did not have an
- > effect the taste at all.
-
- This is true in a general sense, but taste is a very subjective thing, and
- a difference in a food's color *can* result in a difference in how its
- flavor is perceived, whether there's a chemical justification for that
- difference or not.
-
- I haven't had a chance to taste the new colorless Pepsi yet, but I was
- under the impression that Pepsi tinkered with the drink's flavoring as well
- as its tint.
-
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- Lazlo (lazlo@triton.unm.edu)
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